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Teresa Gardi
VenerableFull write-up
Born
22 October 1769
verified
Died
1 January 1837
verified
Venerable
22 January 2015
Vatican record
Canonised
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not yet
The Vatican record
- 22 January 2015 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2015)
Who they were
Teresa Gardi was a laywoman of the Third Order of St Francis, born in Imola, Italy, on 22 October 1769, who died there on 1 January 1837. Pope Francis recognised her heroic virtue on 22 January 2015.
The miracles
The Church has not yet approved a miracle in this cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Church recognised her heroic virtue in 2015.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - decrees published in 2015
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Not yet in Wikidata. Name as the Vatican spells it.
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.